The charging document said Carter's 4-year-old son got ahold of her gun around midday Sunday while she was using the bathroom in their home on the 4900 block of North 60th Street.

The boy survived, but he was treated for a gunshot wound on his hand.

Carter said she purchased the gun in January for protection and kept it in her purse. On the day of the shooting, she'd fallen asleep with her purse beside her, and she said her son went into the purse while she was out of the room, the complaint said.